Japurá Explained

Japurá
Settlement Type:Municipality
Pushpin Map:Brazil
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Brazil
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Brazil
Subdivision Name1:North
Subdivision Name2: Amazonas
Population As Of:2020
Population Total:2,251
Timezone:BRT
Utc Offset:−4
Timezone Dst:DST no longer used
Utc Offset Dst:−4
Coordinates:-1.8261°N -66.5989°W

Japurá is a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Amazonas. Its population was 2,251 (2020)[1] and its area is 55,791 km² (21541 Mi2).[2] It forms the Japurá microregion together with the municipality Maraã (to the east of the Japurá municipality). The southern border of both the municipality and the microregion is the Japurá River.The municipality contains the Juami-Japurá Ecological Station, which covers the entire Juami River basin.The municipality contains 55% of the Auatí-Paraná Extractive Reserve, created in 2001.It contains part of the Alto Rio Negro Indigenous Territory, created in 1998.

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Notes and References

  1. https://cidades.ibge.gov.br/brasil/am/japura/panorama IBGE 2020
  2. [Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics|IBGE]